The Philadelphia Eagles showed everyone how it was done Sunday.

Showed they were capable of putting together their best possible game at the most important time.

Showed they could rebound completely from an embarrassing faceplant in 2023 that saw them go from 10-1 to a non-competitive running (and passing) joke to close out the season.

Showed that Patrick Mahomes is a mere mortal when flat on his back, running for his life or throwing with defenders in his face.

Showed that Jalen Hurts is a championship-caliber quarterback when given teammates and a system that caters to his strengths.

Showed the 49ers how far they have to go to achieve what the Eagles did in a 40-22 win in Super Bowl LIX over the two-time defending champion Kansas City Chiefs at the Caesars Superdome in New Orleans.

It looked in the third quarter like the Eagles were going to win with one of the biggest point spreads ever after Hurts hit DeVonta Smith with a 46-yard touchdown strike to make it 34-0 with 2:40 left in the third quarter. It was a dagger that removed any doubt, and the biggest deficit Mahomes has ever faced in a game. With the Eagles easing off the gas pedal, the Chiefs outscored Philadelphia 22-6 the rest of the way.

“You can’t be great without the greatness of others,” Eagles coach NIck Sirianni said.

Trite but true.

The Eagles rose up against the Chiefs in a way the 49ers under Kyle Shanahan did not in Super Bowl LVIII in Las Vegas or Super Bowl LIV in Miami.

When Super Bowl LX comes to Levi’s Stadium next Feb. 8, the 49ers can draw from the lessons of the Eagles’ victory if they hope to win their first championship since the 1994 season.

Among them:

Supporting cast matters

Hurts will still have his detractors, because that’s the way the overly critical NFL hype machine works. He was an interception shy of brilliant against the Chiefs, completing 17 of 22 passes for 221 yards and two touchdowns and rushing for a team-high 72 yards on 11 carries in winning the Super Bowl MVP. He was nearly as good the last time the Eagles played the Chiefs, losing 38-35 two years ago in Arizona.

Hurts, however, had a better offensive line, better receivers and a better defense surrounding him. You can extrapolate this to the 49ers, Brock Purdy and their goal of putting a better team on the field around him in 2025 than the one that fell apart in 2024.

As for Mahomes, Jon Feliciano, a 49ers offensive lineman in last year’s Super Bowl asked on the social media platform X, “Where the hell was this Patrick last year?” after Mahomes threw his second interception, this one by linebacker Zack Baun.

A late flurry made Mahomes’ final stats more palatable (21 of 32, 257 yards, three touchdowns, two interceptions) but Philadelphia’s pressure without so much as a single blitz made his life miserable from the outset.

The familiar Mahomes magic doesn’t count for much when the quarterback is being overwhelmed with pressure. The legacy police will ding him for the loss, but getting blown out in the Super Bowl didn’t do a lot to tarnish the reputations of John Elway (55-10 to the 49ers), Peyton Manning (43-8 to Seattle) or Jim Kelly (52-17 to Dallas), all of whom lost the big one in a big way and still made the Hall of Fame.

It was a good day for defenders of the Joe Montana legend, who will point out he was 4-0 in Super Bowls with no interceptions while conveniently forgetting three straight playoff losses from 1985-87 as if they never happened.

No penalty was called when Jalen Carter pushed his hand into the face of Kansas City’s Patrick Mahomes Sunday in Super Bowl LIX. A.P. Photo

The trenches matter

Eagles defensive coordinator Vic Fangio, who had the same job with the 49ers under Jim Harbaugh when they lost to Baltimore in Super Bowl XLVIII in New Orleans, showed his team film of that game Saturday night. But Fangio isn’t a better coach now than he was going into Sunday’s game, and Kansas City’s Steve Spagnuolo didn’t forget how to dial up a defense overnight.

The Philly front took over the game, and the Eagles’ offensive line — the biggest in football averaging 338 pounds — did their part all season as well as on Sunday. You give Fangio or Spagnuolo the same unit Nick Sorensen had in 2024 for the 49ers and it wouldn’t have made much difference. Players matter more than coaches. Always have.

Filtering out the nonsense matters

Right away, Kansas City was the beneficiary of a bogus offensive pass interference against A.J. Brown that set social media ablaze.

Either the officials lost their secret memo to favor the Kansas City Chiefs or Philadelphia simply didn’t care. The Eagles finished with eight penalties for 59 yards, with the Chiefs getting seven for 75. The Eagles simply overcame it. Three times Philadelphia had false starts on field goal attempts and all three times Jake Elliott simply moved back five yards and made the kick anyway.

Being clutch means erasing excuses.

In the third quarter, Mahomes took a blow to the head from Jalen Carter. Not a flag in sight.

A good offseason matters

Philadelphia’s collapse began last season with a 42-19 home loss to the 49ers on Dec. 3. They lost five of their last six, and Sirianni dismissed both coordinators, bringing in Fangio and Kellen Moore. General manager Howie Roseman signed Saquon Barkley to a three-year contract and he became the NFL Offensive Player of the Year.

The draft brought in rookie corners Quinyon Mitchell and Cooper DeJean. DeJean, who somehow lasted until No. 40 in the second round, had a 38-yard interception return against Mahomes in the second quarter. Baun was a bargain signing as a free agent linebacker, which was a position of need once Dre Greenlaw tore his Achilles in last year’s Super Bowl. The 49ers signed De’Vondre Campbell, who quit on the team once Greenlaw was ready to play.

Shanahan and general manager John Lynch ditched two 49ers coordinators, Sorensen and Brian Schneider (special teams) after falling to 6-11. Challenges remain, including Purdy’s contract, balancing their books financially and Sunday’s request by Deebo Samuel to be traded.

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The Eagles, who don’t play the 49ers in the regular season in 2025, look capable of making it to Levi’s next season and another run at the Super Bowl — which would be their third in four years. They outclassed a Chiefs team that has beaten the 49ers five straight times since 2018 including two Super Bowls.

Fans of the 49ers will have to recognize that the Eagles just annihilated an opponent in the Chiefs that has been the bane of their existence since Shanahan arrived. They’ll get the parade the 49ers are still waiting for, and they deserve it.